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Four people are killed and several houses and buildings are destroyed by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Papua, Indonesia.
2023-02-9

Indonesian police says an armed group had shot two health workers affiliated with the local COVID-19 task force in Wandai district, Intan Jaya, Papua.
2020-05-24

Violent protests in Papua, Indonesia, kill at least 30 people. Most casualties are in Wamena, with deaths also reported in Jayapura. Victims reportedly receive stab and arrow wounds, and others die in fires as protestors torch government buildings.
2019-09-24

The death toll of the floods and landslide in Jayapura, Indonesia, rise to 113. At least 94 others are still missing.
2019-03-26

A helicopter crashes in Nabire, Papua, Indonesia, killing a pilot and three passengers.
2016-06-3

Thousands of people take to the streets of Jayapura and other towns in Papua, Indonesia, in support of the Free Papua Movement and its effort to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Indonesia responded with a large police and military presence, with reports of police firing on demonstrators in Wamena and arresting dozens across the province.
2016-05-31

Three construction workers are shot dead in Jayapura, Papua, by a supposed armed group, according to Indonesian police.
2016-03-17

An Indonesian court in Jayapura indicts five Papuan activists for declaring independence in October.
2012-01-30

Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission submits a report to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on its investigations into reports of torture of Papuans by soldiers, and urges him to take action against human rights violations by security forces in the eastern Papua region.
2011-01-6

At least 50,000 West Papuans march on the Papua provincial parliament in Jayapura calling for the rejection of special autonomy status offered by Indonesia in favor of independence; 20,000 camp outside the parliament overnight.
2010-07-9